Hello from Nairobi

Jambo from Nairobi! 

We arrived on Tuesday and have 2 weeks here for training and prep prior to flying into South Sudan on the 21^st.

We’ve had a good few days so far relaxing and exploring the city in between meetings.

Thursday was Paul’s birthday and we ventured out, despite the thunderstorm, to an Ethiopian restaurant ‘Habesha’, where we had a really yummy meal, didn’t have any idea what we were eating most of the time but it tasted GOOD!

Here is a wee pic of Paul munching away being very culturally sensitive and eating with his right hand, unlike the first half of the meal!

So far observations in Nairobi include:

- We’d forgotten how uneasy you can feel when you’re totally lost and are trying to look like you know exactly where you’re going.
- We’re getting braver at walking elbow-to-wing mirror in the haphazard city centre traffic, my new mantra is, “I am smaller than the space”.
- Proper coffee is not cheap here (£9 a bag), well some is but Paul reckons in tasted like dust!
- Taps marked ‘C’ do not always indicate cold water.
- Boardgames by candlelight (lots of powercuts) could be a new favourite.

Next week promises lots more meetings and the task of buying all the food we anticipate needing for 3 months! We will try to update the blog again before we head into South Sudan.

Please do feel free to email either of us we’d really love to hear from you.

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